Squeegee



Nov. 7, 1933. Q, Z 1,934,556

SQUEEGEE Filed Aug. 20, 1952 01250 fl. P812 Patented Nov. 7, 1933 PATNT@FifiE SQUEEGEE Otto A. Pelz, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11..

Application August 20, 1932. Serial No. 629,671

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a squeegee and more particularly to a deviceto wipe ofi the moisture from the exterior of ice trays of mechanicalrefrigerators to prevent them from freezing to the shelves of the icechamber.

At present great difliculty is usually experienced in pulling out theice trays from the shelves due to the trays freezing in place. This iscaused by moisture or water on the exterior of the ice trays afterfilling which freezes and binds the trays to the shelves. To overcomethis difficulty it is the object of my invention to provide a specialkind of squeegee to wipe ofi all'the moisture or water from the outer'surface of the ice trays prior to placing them in the shelves so thatthe trays will not freeze to the shelves during the time therefrigerator is in operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this kindadapted to wipe ofi three surfaces of the trays at once.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a flexible wipingmember having a cored out portion adapted to resiliently contact with 5three sides of the trays.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of thiskind comprising a frame, a flexible wiping member held in place in saidframe, and a cored out portion in said flexible member providing threewiping surfaces.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wiping element whichwill adjust itself to various shapes of trays.

Other objects will appear as the disclosure progresses. The drawing isintended to merely indicate a possible embodiment of the invention. Itis obvious that the actual needs of manufacture may necessitate certainmechanical changes. It is therefore not intended to limit the inventionto the embodiment illustrated but rather to define such limits in theappended claims. For a more general understanding'of the inventionattention is called to the drawing.

In the drawing like reference characters denote like parts throughoutthe specification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the squeegee shown applied to the icetray for wiping the top and sides thereof.

Figure 2 is a side view of the squeegee.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view of the squeegee shown turned bottom up for wiping offthe bottom and sides of the ice tray.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, nu-

meral 1 designates the handle of the device, 2 53 the frame attached tosaid handle and 3 the wiping member. The frame consists of metallic topmember l and downwardly disposed legs 5 and 6 and provided with sideflanges '7 and 8 between which are gripped the wiping member made ofsoft sheet rubber or the like. The said member is cored outforming threewiping edges 9, 10 and 11 which substantially fit the contour of theaverage ice tray 12.

For removing the moisture from the top and sides of the tray thesqueegee is moved across the tray as shown in Figure 1. For removing themoisture from the bottom and sides the squeegee is turned bottom up asshown in Figure 4 and 7 9 then moved longitudinally across the bottomface. thereof. The walls of the wiping member are substantially wide soif a tray larger than the opening of the cored out portion is wiped thewalls will sufiiciently flex in order to accommodate an oversize tray ortrays of various shapes. The bottom edges 13 and 14 of the wiping memberextend beyond the legs of the frame so that the said edges canconveniently and efiiciently be used for wiping any other hard to get at30 portion of the tray without striking any portion of the frame. Thewidth of the legs of the wiping member are such that they will easilyflex as at 15 and 16 when wiping the underside of the tray as shown inFigure 4 for the reason that A when wiping the bottom of the tray therelationship between the contour of the tray and the wiping edges of thelegs of the wiping element is diiferent than when wiping the top of thetray.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a ,99 simple, convenient andefiicient means for drying the exterior of an ice tray by removing thewater and moisture therefrom in order to prevent the tray from freezingto the shelves of the freezing chamber. The wiping element is made ofsoft g5 rubber and will remove practically all moisture by running thedevice across the surface of the tray. The walls of the wiping memberare substantially wide so they can flex when wiping an oversize tray ora tray of various shapes or con- L tours.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the class described for wiping the moisture ofi an icetray comprising a fiat resilient wiping element, a frame, said wiping A1element having a straight upper portion with downwardly disposed legs,the inner edges of said straight portion and said legs forming wipingsurfaces, said frame having a straight upper portion with downwardlydisposed legs and being said pliable member being U-shaped and hav ingmore than one wiping edge at right angles to each other, said wipingedges forming the sides of an interior angle, the legs of said U-shapedmember being wider at the base than at the upper end with the inneredges of the said legs slightly converging toward their outer ends.

OTTO A. PELZ.

